Improvement in beeast pads



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ANNE s. MCLEAN AND JAMES E. MCLEAN, 0E BROOKLYN, NEwYoEK. LettersPatentA No. 60,767, dated January 1, l1867; antedated December 12, 1866.

IMPROVEMENT 1N BREAST PADS,i

TO ALL WIIOM ITiMAY OONCERN:

Be itknown that we, ANNE S. McLEAN 'and JAMES P. McLEAN,of the city ofBrooklyn, in the county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented acertain new and useful Improvement in Ladies Dress Pads or Forms; and wehereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which arelettered to correspond with and form a part of the specification.

In order that the public may fully understand the nature of ourinvention, and those skilled .in the mechanic arts be enabled toconstruct the same, we will describe it, as follows, to wit:

Figures 1 and 2 represent the supporting framework of a dress pad madeof matting, A 2A'.

The matting, A A', when arranged as shown at iigs. 1 and 2, forms a bodysusceptible of securing the quilted under surface,l N N; of the pad orform (next the person) and holding the same into shape; at the sametimethe matting, A A', (figs. 1 and 2,) is also capable of supporting thespring, s, thereby doing away with the metallic` supporting surfaceemployed in Mrs. A. S. McDEANS patent of December 28th, 1858,4 and thusremoving the objectionable features. of the wire or metal next the body,which has frequently been cited against said patent spring pad as anobjectionable feature thereof; but by the application and use of thematting, A', we are enabled to preserve the form of the quilted pad, g.2, at the same time combining the delicate elasticity of the spring, s,iig. 1, with the cernfort and lightness of the quilted pad or form. s

We find from one years experience, more or less, that the superiority ofthe .matting shapes, A A', over the common quilted pads is that theyretain their form much longer, are lighter,'and more comfortable to 'thewearer. These pads may be quilted by means of eyelets in lieu'of thread,if thought best, and thus produce a `Ventilating pad by means of thematting surface, A A'.

In this description matting has been named as the fabric used, vbut thismaterial must be understood as but 'a representative of many analogousarticles that we regard as the' equivalents of said matting, includingtea box cases, cast olf straw hats, and many comparatively worthlessarticles that may be utilized for the purpose.

` Ulaz'ms. j T Therefore, what we claim as new and useful, and what wewish to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is- I A pad,having a mat, A, and cushion, N, combined therein, whether with orwithout a spring or springs, all substantially as described.

:In-testimony whereof vwe hereuntosubscribe our names in the presence oftwo witnesses.

.ANNE s. MGLEAN;

JAMES P. MQLEAN.

Witnesses WILLIAM MAcKEY, J oHN CURTIS.-

